What the Town Must Have is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on scarcity and choosing, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Eco.1.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 24 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What the Town Must Have
D2.Eco.1.K-2
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Sort each one into need or want.
1.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: Coal to heat the school, Clean water in the reservoir, Painting the town hall gold, A fountain in the Market Square
NeedWant
2.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: A brass band for the market, Raising the river wall, New banners for the bridge, A safe bridge over the river
NeedWant
3.Sort each one: Need or Want?
Sort: Flower baskets on the lamp posts, A statue of a mill owner, Repairing the flooded roads, Mending the library roof before winter
NeedWant
LessonPrint · D2.Eco.1.K-2 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What the Town Must Have
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A fountain in the Market Square — Want 2. Clean water in the reservoir — Need 3. Coal to heat the school — Need 4. Painting the town hall gold — Want
2.1. A brass band for the market — Want 2. A safe bridge over the river — Need 3. New banners for the bridge — Want 4. Raising the river wall — Need
3.1. A statue of a mill owner — Want 2. Flower baskets on the lamp posts — Want 3. Mending the library roof before winter — Need 4. Repairing the flooded roads — Need
More practice for D2.Eco.1.K-2
Explain that because there is never enough of everything, people have to choose.
Teaching this next? What the Town Must Have is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.